ANNEX B – Energy Audit Report For Building Cooling System

Date: DD/MM/YEAR

ENERGY AUDIT REPORT FOR BUILIDNG COOLING

SYSTEM
FOR
ENTER BUILDING NAME

Submitted By

Enter name of PE/Energy Auditor

PE (Mech) Registration No*: Enter No.

Energy Auditor Registration No*: Enter No.

*Delete whichever is not applicable

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Contents

1.0 Building Information 21

2.0 Energy Audit Information For Building Cooling System 21

2.1 Chilled Water Plant information* 22

2.2 Chilled Water Plant Normal Operating Hours..................................................................23

3.0 Instrumentations 23

4.0 Chiller Plant Performance Analysis 24

4.1 Summary of Chilled Water Plant Performance.....................................................................26

5.0 Summary of Heat Balance 26

Table 1: Chiller Information (Example)................................................................................................22

Table 2: Ancillary equipment Information (Example)..........................................................................22

Table 3: Instrumentation Table (Example)...........................................................................................23

Table 4: Heat Balance Summary..........................................................................................................27

Figure 1: Super-imposed plot of daily Cooling Load Profile (Example)................................................24

Figure 2: Histogram of Cooling Load Occurrences (Example)..............................................................24

Figure 3:Super-imposed plot of daily chiller plant efficiency (Example)..............................................25

Figure 4: Scatter plot of chiller plant efficiency over cooling load (Example)......................................25

Figure 5: System Level Heat Balance Plot (Example)...........................................................................26

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1.0 Building Information
Enter a brief description of the building here.

Project Reference Number : Enter project reference indicated in CORENET submission

Building Name :

Building Address :

Postal Code :

Building Type :

Building Age :

Date of last Energy Audit Submission :

Gross floor area (GFA), m2 :

Air conditioned area, m2 :

2.0 Energy Audit Information For Building Cooling System

Enter PE(Mech)(Mechanical)/ Energy Auditor Name was appointed by Enter Owner Name/
MCST, owner of Enter Building Name to be the Energy Auditor for the 3 yearly submission of
the operating system efficiency (OSE) of the centralized Chilled Water Plant. The report will
present the performance of centralized Chilled Water Plant efficiency based on the
measurements from the permanent instrumentations installed on site.

Location : Enter location of Chilled Water Plant

Energy Audit Period : Enter Energy Audit period *Note: Minimum 1

week

Date of notice served : Enter date of notice served by BCA

Date of submission in notice : Enter submission deadline stipulated in BCA notice

Data Logging Interval : 1 minute sampling

Trend Logged Parameters* : Chilled Water Supply main header temperature

Chilled Water Return main header temperature

Chilled Water flow rate at chilled water return main

header
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 Condenser Water Supply main header temperature

Condenser Water Return main header temperature

Condenser water flow rate at condenser water

return main header

Power input to Chiller(s)

Power input to Chilled water pump(s)

Power input to Condenser water pump(s)

Power input to Cooling tower(s)

* Trend logged parameters are not limited to the above and may vary depending on the
piping and electrical circuit design.

2.1 Chilled Water Plant information*

Table 1: Chiller Information (Example)

ID Description Type Name Cooling Chilled Chilled Rated Year

plate Capacity water water Efficiency Installed
motor (RT) LWT ∆T kW/RT
(kW)

CH01 Chiller 1 Centrifugal 150 1000 6.7 °C 5.5°C 0.55 2012

CH02 Chiller 2 VSD Screw 90 500 6.7 °C 5.5°C 0.52 2012

ID Description Name plate Pump Head Flow rate Rated Rated

motor (kW) (m) (L/S) Pump/ Fan Motor
efficiency Efficiency
Chilled water
CHWP01 55 30 151.2 85% 95%
pump 1
Chilled water
CHWP02 30 30 75.6 85% 95%
pump 2
Condenser water
CWP01 45 20 189 85% 95%
pump 1
Condenser water
CWP02 22 20 94.5 85% 95%
pump 2
CT01 Cooling tower 1 45 - 130 75% 92%
CT02 Cooling tower 2 45 - 130 75% 92%
Table 2: Ancillary equipment Information (Example)

*Based on equipment design specifications and name plate ratings.

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 2.2 Chilled Water Plant Normal Operating Hours

Monday to Friday : 0730 – 1900 Hrs

Saturday : No operations

Sunday : No operations

Note: The operating hours should follow the table in clause 6.1.4

3.0 Instrumentations
Accurate measuring instruments complying with the Code on Environmental Sustainability
Measures for Existing Buildings or the Code for Environmental Sustainability of Buildings (2 nd
edition and onwards) that is prevailing at the time of installation were used during the audit
to gather information on the power consumption, temperatures and flow rate.

The points of measurements are listed in the following table:

ID Description Sensor Type Installation Measurement/ Measurement Last

Location Calibration range Uncertainty Calibration
(%) Date
CHWS 10K Ω
TT01 CHWS Header 0°C - 40°C ±0.03 °C 15/10/2012
Temperature Thermistor
CHWR 10K Ω
TT02 CHWR Header 0°C - 40°C ±0.03 °C 15/10/2012
Temperature Thermistor
CWS 10K Ω
TT03 CWS Header 0°C - 40°C ±0.03 °C 15/10/2012
Temperature Thermistor
CWR 10K Ω
TT04 CWR Header 0°C - 40°C ±0.03 °C 15/10/2012
Temperature Thermistor
CHW Flow Magnetic Full
FM01 CHWR Header 30 l/s- 200 l/s 0.5% 20/10/2012
Bore
Magnetic Full
FM02 CW Flow CWR Header 30 l/s- 200 l/s 0.5% 20/10/2012
Bore
Chiller 1 Power True RMS, 3
kW01 ACMSB1 60 – 600 kW 0.5% 30/10/2012
phase
Chiller 2 Power True RMS, 3
kW02 ACMSB2 60 – 600 kW 0.5% 30/10/2012
phase
CHW Pump 1 & 2 True RMS, 3
kW03 20 – 200 kW 0.5% 30/10/2012
Power phase
CW Pump 1 & 2 True RMS, 3
kW04 CHW SB 20 – 200 kW 0.5% 30/10/2012
Power phase
True RMS, 3
kW05 CT 1 & 2 Power CT Panel 15 – 150 kW 0.5% 30/10/2012
phase

Table 3: Instrumentation Table (Example)

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4.0 Chiller Plant Performance Analysis

Figure 1: Super-imposed plot of daily Cooling Load Profile (Example)

42.85 %

32.19%
%

14.35 %

8.54 %

0.79% 1.28 %

Figure 2: Histogram of Cooling Load Occurrences (Example)

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 Figure 3:Super-imposed plot of daily chiller plant efficiency (Example)

Figure 4: Scatter plot of chiller plant efficiency over cooling load (Example)

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4.1 Summary of Chilled Water Plant Performance
Efficiency
Unit
Daytime^ Night-time~

Chiller(s) efficiency kW/RT

Chilled water pump(s) efficiency kW/RT

Condenser water pump(s) efficiency* kW/RT

Cooling tower(s) efficiency* kW/RT

Overall chiller plant efficiency kW/RT

*Not applicable to air-cooled Chilled Water Plant

~For hotels and other developments with 24-hour operations only; Night-time shall refer to the period from
11pm – 7am;

^ For hotels and other developments with 24-hour operations, day-time shall refer to the period from 7am –
11pm; for all other developments, daytime shall refer to the normal operating hours stipulated in clause 6.1.4

5.0 Summary of Heat Balance

± 5%

Figure 5: System Level Heat Balance Plot (Example)

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 Quantity Unit Formula

Sum of total electrical energy used kWh (A)

Sum of total cooling produced RTh (B)

Sum of total heat rejected RTh (C)

Chiller Plant Efficiency kW/RT (A) / (B)

Total Heat Balance Data Count - (D)

Data Count > + 5% error - (E)

Data Count < - 5% error - (F)

Data Count within ±5% error - (G) = (D) – (E) – (F)

% Heat Balance within ±5% error % 100 x (G) / (D)

Table 4: Heat Balance Summary

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